Materials

Violet purple velvet; Blue twill braid tape; Blue satin ribbon; Headband constructed from cardboard covered with starched linen; Large, semi-translucent beads; Large tubular multi-facetted grey beads; Brown paper pattern; Red muslin lining; Heavy cotton thread.

Techniques or Format

Six v-shaped panels of violet purple velvet, shaped to meet at pointed top; Panels separated by blue twill braid tape which covers seams; At apex is blue satin ribbon; Sewn to bottom edge of velvet panels is a headband constructed from cardboard covered with starched linen, with red cloth covering the linen; Border of blue satin around circumference; Mid-section of headband has raised or couched design of large, semi-translucent beads in yellow, red, blue and translucent clear beads applied with overlay stitch technique, with large tubular multi-facetted grey beads as accents; Most bead work has been applied over brown paper pattern, some paper remains; Designs consist of white leaves, clear and yellow buds with grey centers; at one end are two rectangular designs reminiscent of American flags; Border of two large opaque white bead rows; Red muslin lining goes halfway and is gathered at top; Sewn with heavy cotton thread.

Motifs and Patterns

Bead work designs consist of white leaves, clear and yellow buds with grey centers; Two rectangular designs reminiscent of American flags.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Head covering

Dimensions: 25 × 28 × 0 cm

Condition: Fair; Missing areas of cloth and braid; worn velvet areas; Missing beads.

Current Location: Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HBC 48-34

Link to Institution's Collections Database: https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/collections-research/collections-database/

Collection at Current Location: Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1994/00/00

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Part of HBC Museum Collection donated to The Manitoba Museum by the Hudson's Bay Company.

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1948

Previous Collectors: Hudson's Bay Company

Collection Narratives and Histories

The source of the hat married a Lagimodiere descendent, ancestors of Louis Riel.

GKS Reference Number: 58799

How to Cite this Item

Manitoba Museum